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A panorama taken of the fort of San Jose. Located at the Boca Chica entrance to Cartagena Bay this fort with it's smaller sister fort on the other side of the entrance (previous photo) were an impressive obstacle to anyone trying to gain access to the city. A large chain was sometimes stretched between the two forts.

The seaward entrance to the fort can be seen in the center of the structure. A small landing overlooked by two menacing canon ports with only a few yards of water separating them.

Some interesting reading: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Cartagena_de_Indias
The defense of Cartagen in 1741 by Blas de Lezo and the victory of his small force (with help from Yellow Fever) against an enormous British invasion force is largely forgotten today, but cemented the Spanish hold on the Caribbean for another century.

For those of you who think special equipment is necessary to take panoramas this one was made from nine separate photos taken with a 200mm lens from a small rolling boat. Photo shop did a pretty good job of stitching it together with no special effort on my part.

The smaller of two forts located at Boca Chica - the entrance to the bay and harbor of Cartagena. In colonial times a chain was sometimes stretched between the two forts to stop ships.

Anyone with a military science interest can find no better examples of military architecture than the forts and walls around Cartagena.

Taken in the upper gallery of the monastery attached to the church of San Pedro Claver in Cartagena de Indias, Colombia. The image is a montage of four separate photos and I moved in front of each arch to take the photo. There were ten arches in all, but you get the idea. A photo of the arched gallery is posted below. The garden of the monastery is one of my favorite places on earth.

Taken in Cartagena de Indias, Colombia.

The room of San Pedro Claver (1580-1654) in the monastery.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter_Claver